Waistband for trousers



E. v. KERSHNER WAISTBAND FOR TROUSERS Dec. 25

Patented Dec. 25, i923.

MMWR@ STATES PATENT @Fifi BENJAMIN V. 'KERSHNER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR '10 UNION SPCIAL Y MACHINE COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WAISTBAND FOR TROUSERS.

Application led March 22, 1920. Serial No. 367,966.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMiN V. Krasn- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson,

State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waistbands for Trousers, ofl which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of 'referi0 ence marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in trousers, and more particularly to the waist band construction thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a waist band construction which includes a stiifening strip and a lining strip, and wherein these parts are securedV to the body fabric of the trousers above the upper edge thereof, by stitches which are concealed from view at the inside of the garment parts.

Another object of the invention isto provide a construction wherein the belt loop is also secured by the stitcheswhich join the lining strip, body fabric and stiffening A further object of the invention is to provide a waist band construction wherein the lower edge of the lining strip and the stiifening strip are secured to the body fabric by through-and-through stitches, and wherein a tacking strip is provided to which the belt loop may be secured by' stitches whichv are concealed from view at the inside of the garment parts by the covered lower edge of the stiifening strip.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a new method of forming waist bands wherein the waist band proper, belt loop and suspender buttons are first secured 40 to the upper edge of the body fabric of the trousers, after which the lower part of the waist band is secured to the garment, and the belt loops secured to a tacking strip by tacking stitches.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

In the drawings, which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invento tion. f

Figure l is a view showing in section and in elevation a waist band construction embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the waist band proper secured to the body fabric, the belt loop also secured to the waist band construction, and the buttons sewed to the waist band construction;

F ig. 3 is a similar View, but showing the body fabric as having been folded against the waist band and secured thereto by stitches passing through the lowerV portion of the waist band;

Fig. 4 is an inside view of a portion of the completed waist band.

The invention consists broadly in providing a waist band for trousers which includes a stiffening strip having a binding covering the lower edge thereof, a lining strip having its upper and-lower edges inturned, and a tacking strip, the lining strip and stiffening strip, and the eXtreme upper edge of the body fabric of the trousers being united by a line of stitching passing therethrough, and in thepreferred form ofY the invention a belt loop is insertedv between the inturned edge of the body fabric and the` lining strip and is secured by said line of stitching. The suspender buttons are sewed to they lining strip, the stiifening strip,-and preferably to the belt loop. A'binding strip is placed about the loweredge of the stiening strip. A tacking strip is placed against the face of the binding strip, and the lower edge of the lining strip, the bind'- ing, the stiffening strip and the tacking strip are stitched together.

In carrying out my new method, the parts above described are stitched in the mannerv stated, after which the body fabric is folded over the edge of the stifening strip and against the inner face thereof, and a line of stitching is passed through the binding, the stiffening strip, the tacking strip and the body fabric, just below the lower edge of the lining strip. The belt loops are then folded over the edge of the body fabric and are secured by tacking stitches to the body fabric and tacking strip only.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, I have show the invention as applied to trousers, the body fabric of which is indicated at 1. The lining strip is indicated at 2. The upper edge of the lining strip is inturned, as indicated at 3, and the lower edge is inturned, as indicated ata. A belt loop 5 has its upper end placed against the body fabric 1, and then the lining strip is placed against the belt loop and the lface of the body fabric 1. A stilfening strip lower edge of the lining strip, the stiffening kstrip and the tacking strip are concealed by is indicated at 6, and this is placed on the other side of the body fabric, after vwhich a line of stitching, indicated at 7, is

passed through the upper infolded edge of the lining strip, the belt'loop, the body fabric, and the upperedge of the stiffening strip. A binding, indicated at 8 in thev drawings, is folded about the lower edge of the stiifening strip, a tacking strip 9 is placed against the binding, and a line of stitching, indicated at 10, is passed through the lower infolded edge of the lining strip, the binding, the stiffening strip and the tacking strip, uniting the same.

A button,vindicated at 11, is sewed to the lining strip and stiffening strip, as indicated in Figure 2 of the drawings.. After the parts have been formed, as described above, the body fabric 1 isy folded around the upper edge of the stiifening strip, and against the inner face of the taclring strip, after which aV line of stitching 12 is passed through. the binding strip, the stiffening strip, the taclring strip and the body fabric. rllhis stitches down the waist band so as to prevent'thelining strip from creeping above the upper edgeof the trousers, and also holds the lowerpart of the waist band firmly in place. The stitches uniting the upper edge of the lining strip,the body fabric and stiifeningl stripv are concealed by the body fabric. Likewise, the stitches uniting the the body fabricy so that there is only one line of -stitchingwhichpasses through the body fabric at thelower portion of the waist' band,'and this Vis the line of stitching 12.

' .The lower end of the belt loop is inturned, as indicated at 13, and this is secured by tacking stitches 14 to the tacking strip only. The depending skirt formed by the bound edge ofthe stidening strip Vmay be raised from the -tacking strip so as to permit-the insertionl of these-tackin'g stitches, and this ldepending skirt-will cover and conceal the tacking stitches.l Preferably the buttons are sewed on by threads passing through the belt loops, vand this forms avery firm and durable-fastening for the button, andthethrealds which secure the button to, the garment are concealed by the body fabricrand at the same time are through-and-through stitches. v

From the above, it will be noted that the invention is directed to a new improvement in awaist band construction for trousers,

andi also in the method ofmalring the saine, which'method permits the construction of the waist band and the attachment of vthe same to a garment largely,rif not wholly, by

machine stitching. .In other words, the lining strip and thestiening strip are secured together andto the body fabric andzbelt loopbefore the body fabric lis folded about sewed waistband; Y

lt is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure byV Letters-Patent is 1. The combination of the body fabric-.of v

trousers, a stiffening strip at the waist band,

said body fabric being folded over the up-F per edge of said stiffening strip, a liningk strip placed against the inner face of the folded-over edge of the body fabric, and a line of stitching passing throughsaid lining strip, said folded-over edge of the body fabric and the stiffening strip and concealed from VView at the outer facev of the garment by the body fabric, abinding strip enclosingV the lower edge Tof the stiflening strip, a line of stitching passing through the lower edge of the Vlining. strip and through the binding strip and stiifening strip, and arsecond line of .stitching passing through saidrbinding strip, stiifeiiing strip and body fabric, a-'series of belt loops having their upper ends extending between the lining strip andthe stiffening strip andrsecured by theline of stitchingjoini-ng the upper edges thereof, a tacking strip secured to the stiffening strip and binding strip by a line of stitches passing through the binding strip and stiifening strip, and stitches passing through the tack- Ytion which very closely resembles the handing strip, the body fabric andthe lower end v of the belt loops for-securing the same.

v 2. The combination of the body fabric of Y trousers, a stilfening'strip at the waist band over the upper edge of which the body fabricv is folded, aY lining strip.v at theV innerface of the folded-over edge of the body fabric, a

belt loop having'its upper endextending between the lining strip and they folded-overv edge of the body fabric, a line of stitching passing through the lining strip, belt loop, the folded-over edge of the body fabric and the stiifening strip and concealed atv the outer face of the garment by the-body fabric, a button secured to said lining strip and stiffening strip by stitches concealed at the outer face of the garment by the body fabric, said stiffening strip extending `below the lower edge of theV `lining' strip, a' binding strip covering the lower edge of the stiifening strip and extending above the lower edge Vof the lining strip, a'taclring` strip, a line of stitching passing through the llining strip, the binding strip, stiffening strip 'and of the garment by the body fabric, a line of stitching passing through the binding strip, the stiffening strip, the tacking strip and the body fabric, and tacking stitches passing through the tacking strip, the body fabric and the lower end of the belt loop.

3. The combination of the body fabric of trousers, a stifening strip at the waist band, said body fabric being folded over the upper edge of the stifening strip, a lining strip placed against the inner face of the foldedover edge of the body fabric, a line of stitching passing through the lining strip, said folded-over edge of the body fabric and the stifening strip and concealed from view at the outer face of the garment by the body fabric, a binding strip enclosing the lower edge of the stifening strip, a tacking strip at the rear of the binding strip, a line of stitching passing through the lower edge of the lining strip, through the binding strip and stiffening strip and through the tacking strip, and means for securing the tacking strip to the body fabric.

4. The combination of the body fabric ofy trousers, a stiifening strip at the waist band over the upper edge of which the body fabric is folded, a lining strip at the inner face of the folded-over edge of the body fabric, a belt loop having its upper end eX- tending between the lining strip and the folded-over edge of the body fabric, a line of stitching passing through the lining strip, belt loop and the folded-over edge of the body fabric and the stiffening strip and concealed at the outer face of the garment by the body fabric, a button is secured to the lining strip and stilfening strip by stitches concealed at the outer face of t-he garment by the body fabric, said stii'ening strip extending below the lower edge of the lining strip, a binding strip covering the lower edge of the stifi'ening strip and eX- tending above the lower edge of the lining strip, a tacking strip, a line of stitching passing through the lining strip, the binding strip, stiffening strip and tacking strip and concealed at the outer face of the garment by the body fabric, and means for securing the tacking strip to the body fabric;

5. The method of making a waist band for trousers comprising stitching the upper edge of the body fabric of the trousers between the upper edges of a stiening strip and a lining strip, placing a binding strip about the lower edge of the stiifening strip and stitching the lower edge of the lining strip, the binding strip and the stiffening strip and a tacking strip together, folding the body fabric over the edge of the stifening strip, and stitching said stifening strip, binding strip and tacking strip to the body fabric by a line of stitching passing therethrough below the edge of the lining strip. 6. The method of forming a waist band for trousers comprising inserting the upper edge of the body fabric of the trousers and the belt loop between the upper edges of a lining strip and a stiffening strip and securing said lining strip, belt loop, body fabric and stiifening strip by a line of stitches passing therethrough, placing a binding strip about the lower edge of the stifening strip and a tacking strip against the face of the binding strip, and stitching the lining strip, binding strip, stiifening strip and tacking strip by a line of stitches passing therethrough, sewing a button to the lining strip and stiffening strip below the edge of the body fabric, folding the body fabric and belt loop about the upper edge of the stifening strip, stitching the body fabric to the binding strip, stiffening strip and tacking strip by a line of stitching passing therethrough below the edge of the lining strip, and stitching the lower end of the belt loop to the body fabric and tackin strip.

In testimony whereof, I ax my signature.

BENJ. V. KERSHNER. 

